What's Trending Now
More Trending Words
From the M-W Editors
Examples of blowhard in a Sentence
a politician who is the stereotypical backslapping blowhard
a blowhard who always had to act like she was better than anyone else
Recent Examples of blowhard from the Web
-
Washington had no shortage of know-it-all blowhards; perhaps there was room for a different type of personality.
-
King Lear, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Richard II: each an overweening blowhard, undone by a combination of hubris and derangement.
-
The NCAA, the most self-righteous organization of blowhards on this planet, nixed the speaking engagement for a typically senseless reason why every Power 5 Conference school in the nation should form its own governing body.
-
Cox plays the character as an aging, stubborn blowhard who can’t fathom why anyone might not take him seriously.
-
Cox plays the character as an aging, stubborn blowhard who can’t fathom why anyone might not take him seriously.
-
Cox plays the character as an aging, stubborn blowhard who can’t fathom why anyone might not take him seriously.
-
Cox plays the character as an aging, stubborn blowhard who can’t fathom why anyone might not take him seriously.
-
Cox plays the character as an aging, stubborn blowhard who can’t fathom why anyone might not take him seriously.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'blowhard.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of blowhard
1848
BLOWHARD Defined for English Language Learners
blowhard
play
noun
Definition of blowhard for English Language Learners
-
: a person who talks too much and who has strong opinions that other people dislike
Learn More about blowhard
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up blowhard? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Writing? Check your grammar now!